The Economic Alliance, in partnership with the Village of Bourbonnais and Kankakee County Convention & Visitors Bureau, kicked off the 15th year of Chicago Bears Training Camp at Olivet Nazarene University with a Developers Day event on July 28. Attendees included Greater Chicago commercial and industrial real estate brokers, developers and manufacturers, along with local business leadership.

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The 2016 Developers Day program included a brief presentation by education partners ONU and Kankakee Community College, utility partners ComEd and Aqua Illinois, and industry partner CSL Behring, a global bioscience leader in the midst of a $250 million expansion of its Kankakee site.

Speakers reinforced Kankakee County’s site location advantages, including a relatively low cost of doing business and growth-oriented regulatory environment, along with:

Celebrating its 50th year, Kankakee Community College stressed its focus on workforce readiness, including its Manufacuring & Industrial Technology Center programming. ONU recapped the college's recent academic developments, including more than 300% growth in its Engineering Department.